The Opening Night Gala of this year’s 66th BFI London Film Festival will be Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, starring Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee and introducing Alisha Weir as the eponymous Matilda.
Panah Panahi’s thrilling debut Hit the Road described as “by turns tender, quirky, even laugh-out-loud funny” won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival 2021.
The International Premiere of George Clooney’s The Tender Bar starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe has been added to the program of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival. Also added to the program is Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash from Indonesian director Edwin, a dizzying film adaptation of Eka Kurniawan’s acclaimed novel about an impotent aspiring assassin.
BFI London Film Festival announced the complete lineup for LFF Expanded 2021, the Festival’s immersive art and XR strand, which will run from October 6-17 2021.
The 65th BFI London Film Festival announced the 8 films competing for the Best Film Award in the 2021 Official Competition selection.
ear for eye, the much anticipated second feature film from filmmaker and playwright debbie tucker green will world premiere at the 65th BFI London Film Festival and exclusively the same evening on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. It is the second feature film from the BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning writer and director.
The 65th BFI London Film Festival will close with the European Premiere of The Tragedy of Macbeth starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington on Sunday October 17 at LFF Gala venue the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
The Power of the Dog, directed by Oscar® and Palme d’Or winning filmmaker Jane Campion will receive its UK Premiere as the this year’s American Express Headline Gala of the 65th BFI London Film Festival on Monday October 11, 2021.
Netflix’s The Harder They Fall, directed by Londoner Jeymes Samuel and starring Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Regina King and Idris Elba will World Premiere as the opening film of the 65th BFI London Film Festival.
The BFI London Film Festival confirmed the dates for the Festival’s 65th edition which will take place from the October 6th to 17th, 2021, following a highly successful hybrid edition in 2020, which combined in-cinema experiences at partner venues UK-wide and an online edition for audiences at home.
